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Utilities update: Englewood reports $103M in loans/grants, 75% AMI rollout, lead removal ahead of schedule
Summary
Utilities staff reported progress on water, sewer and stormwater: $103 million in loans/grants secured, advanced meter rollout 75% complete, lead service‑line removals well underway with a target completion in 2026, and a reduced near‑term water capital gap from $18M to about $10M.
City utility officials presented a strategic execution update Monday that summarized several years of planning and recent capital and programmatic work on Englewood’s water, sewer and stormwater systems.
Peter Van Rai, director of utilities, said the utilities group has brought in about $103,000,000 in federal and state loans and grants since 2020 to support a multiyear modernization effort. Those funds, he said, have enabled equipment upgrades, dam safety work, treatment‑plant optimization and a stepped‑up capital program that staff said would have been difficult to fund from rates alone.
Key program metrics and projects
• Lead service lines: staff reported 1,460 lead service lines removed through September and estimated roughly 2,800 total lead service lines to confirm. Van Rai said the program is funded through state sources and projected to be complete by 2026. He noted some states paused lead programs after a recent federal funding freeze but said Englewood’s program funding remains in place.
• Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI): the meter replacement…
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